Athlon x2 = Not that great of performance for 2012. That's a ridiculous price considering a regular 80 led tv is only $2500 in the US. Even if the screen costs $5000 they still make like $3000 in profit per device sold.

The system hardware is worth about 1k, it is quite low by today's standards. 8k asking price is taking the piss. Oh, and imagine buying a 10" pad today with resolution of 400x400 pixels - because this is what you get when you use it same close. Rubbish.

To clarify,
1- this is not a home user machine. It is for business use. ( i still want one though)
2- It not a normal multitouch monitor. it can identify more than 50 points and it knows the shape of the thing that is on it. For example, if you put your hand on it, it will see a full hand. If you brush with a hand brush, it will see the brush hairs.
3- As someone mentioned, it can handle a little rough use.
4- You are paying for the Surface software that it has, which the part MS has contributed to the whole thing. in fact MS will only get the software license from samsung.
5- You are paying for years of development from MS and Samsung to come up with this innovative solution.